Jerome Holtzman

All baseball fans, young or old, are aware that Oakland's Dennis Eckersley is the best relief pitcher of these times. But until I talked to him here Monday in the...

High noon in the Arizona desert Friday, and Cubs manager Jim Lefebvre is in the shade of the dugout talking about last year. "One of the things we didn't have...

Contrary to popular belief, the postman doesn't always ring twice. But he rang a second time Friday to deliver the "1993 Elias Baseball Analyst." Immediately, I knew it was time...

Jack Gould, White Sox senior vice president, isn't a sore loser. When asked his reaction to the Jack McDowell arbitration award, he said: "I have no ill feelings. Jack McDowell...

During the first few days in spring training, the customary greeting is, "Did you have a good winter?" Hundreds of times I have hurled that harmless opening at a ballplayer...

Gather around, boys, baseball's pied piper was having breakfast at the Chicago Hilton & Towers. Around the table, from left to right, were some of Tom Lasorda's many friends: Stefano...

This much I know. The 1993 White Sox can punch their way out of a paper bag. I saw them do it at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Friday night at...

In baseball, as in life, there is one coming and one going. Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott, from all indications, is about to be banished to Siberia, but George Steinbrenner...

Bud Selig, chairman of Major League Baseball's Executive Council, will announce a ruling on the Marge Schott case Wednesday morning at a Chicago hotel, according to reliable baseball sources. Schott,...

George Gervin's plan to expand his program for wayward youths is meeting some resistance. Residents of a northeastern Bexar County neighborhood where he hopes to open a temporary home for...